"There's a time in life for Hoagy Carmichael. There's a time in life for Claude Debussy. There's a time in life for Jerry Lee Lewis. There's a time in life for Destiny's Child. All these things have their moment." ~Elvis Costello
07 May 2013 Leave a comment
in General Posts, On a Lighter Note Tags: justin bieber, justin bieber slowed down
For one of the best ambient music experiences imaginable, listen to Justin Bieber’s “U Smile” at a speed 800% slower. Boom! Half an hour of immersive ethereality that would make Enya jealous.
For an even stronger mind-altering dose, open the same page in multiple tabs, slightly staggering their times. Mind-bending.
03 May 2013 Leave a comment
in General Posts Tags: bohemian rhapsody, rhapsody in blue
There are some cool versions of Queen’s classic elsewhere on this blog. Here it’s given yet another twist as Scott Bradlee meshes it wonderfully with George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”.
25 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in General Posts Tags: beat it, free bird, isolated guitar tracks, love spreads, lynyrd skynyrd, michael jackson, red hot chili peppers, stone roses, the beatles, under the bridge, while my guitar gently weeps
(Source: NME)
It’s undoubtedly one of the greatest guitar performances of all time: the late Allen Collins ripping through the monster-sized solo from Lynryrd Skynyrd’s ‘Free Bird’. And you thought it was hard to play on Guitar Hero…
Here’s Eddie Van Halen solo-ing on Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’. Steve Lukather of Toto playing the iconic riff, also available isolated on YouTube – just one reason why Gibson Guitar Corporation named him among the top 10 session guitarists of all time.
If you were in any doubt that John Squire is up there with the greatest British guitarists, listen to this incredible isolated guitar part from ‘Love Spreads’. You can find the other instruments isolated on YouTube too, meaning if you’re incredibly bored you can open all of them at the same time and pretend you’re with them in the recording studio.
It’s not as cleanly isolated as some of the others, but the sound of ol’ slow hands Eric Clapton guesting on George Harrison’s ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ is that of a master at work. He really starts to make it wail at about two minutes in.
Stunningly intricate guitar-work from John Frusciante on this: more fragile than you might imagine.
17 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in General Posts Tags: country singers, cowboys
According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, 9,730 people currently work as livestock handlers (cowboys). Of these, 3,290 are listed in the subcategory of spectator sports, which includes rodeos and circuses.
That leaves roughly 6440 legit working cowboys. In other words, since the invention of barbed wire fences, there are several times as many dudes wearing cowboy hats as a singing costume than there are real cowboys.
Now just imagine they all chose to wear fireman helmets instead. THAT is how ridiculous they all actually look, except for our desensitization to it as something so commonplace.
In my opinion.
12 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in General Posts, On a Lighter Note Tags: icky, they might be giants
From They Might Be Giants’ latest album, Nanobots.
Directors David Cowles and Jeremy Galante have perfectly matched the absurd humor of songwriters John Flansburgh and John Linnell in their animated depiction of that guy everyone warns you not to be.
Every Moment Has A Song 